Our chickens appear to be getting bigger.
Back in the beginning of time, when I first started being creative in the kitchen, I used to skin and bone chicken breasts.
Yes, boys and girls, there was a time when one could not buy pre-packaged, skinless, … Continue reading.....
I use skinned thighs – because I have dogs.
Also, because unless it’s crispy from frying / oven frying or grilling, I don’t particularly like it.
The dogs, on the other hand, love it.
Skin the thighs by simply pulling it off. You may need … Continue reading.....
Once again we are cooking with the weather and not with the seasons.
Things are looking up, however. We had sunshine almost all afternoon today. I have hopes that the yellow leaves on my onions and the barely-grown acorn squash will turn green again once … Continue reading.....
These are similar to the Chicken Wings that mon mari loves.
We didn’t marinate the thighs, just basted them the sauce, like we would for regular barbecued chicken.
And, of course, we saved half the sauce for dipping.
My books are unpacked!!!!!
It was exciting…
It also took forever.
Not the unpacking, so much as the organizing.
I had to track down all the odds and ends of books that had been dug out of various boxes or added to the library over … Continue reading.....
My local supermarket had cranberries yesterday.
They looked a little long in the tooth – as if they’d been shipped from store to store, frantically looking for some one to buy them before they went totally toes-up.
I declined.
On principle, really.
I mean, if … Continue reading.....
I remember watching the movie, Fahrenheit 451' and being both fascinated (all of those people memorizing books and repeating the words forever so they wouldn't be lost) and terrified (could the Powers That Be really take my beloved books away?)
I have been an avid … Continue reading.....
